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Definition of Sabre

1. Verb. Cut or injure with a saber.

2. Noun. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle.

3. Verb. Kill with a saber.

4. Noun. A stout sword with a curved blade and thick back.

Definition of Sabre

1. n. & v. See Saber.

Definition of Sabre

1. Noun. (UK Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point. ¹

2. Noun. (UK Canada fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre. ¹

3. Verb. (UK Canada transitive) To hit or kill with a sabre. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sabre

1. to saber [v -BRED, -BRING, -BRES] - See also: saber

Medical Definition of Sabre

1. A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. Saber fish, or Sabre fish, the cutlass fish. Origin: F. Sabre, G. Sabel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. Szablya, Pol. Szabla, Russ. Sabla, and L. Gr. Crooked, curved. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabre

sabot heart sabotage sabotaged sabotager sabotagers sabotages sabotaging saboteur saboteurs sabotier

sabotiers sabots sabra sabrage sabras sabre (current term) sabre-rattling sabre-tooth sabre-toothed sabre-toothed cat

sabre-toothed tiger sabre-toothed tigers sabre-tooths sabre rattling sabre saw sabrebill sabred sabrelike sabres

Literary usage of Sabre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1917)
"Pour tout héritage, Petit-Jean reçoit de son père un sabre coupant sept lieues ... Avec son sabre, il part à pied pour voyage. 1 Le texte de Fournier, ici, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Until 1900 it was the common fencing sabre in Great Britain, ... About 1000 the light Italian sabre was introduced and became the recognized ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Besides the heavy German basket- sabre and the Schläger (see below) there are two varieties of sabre used for fencing, the military sword and the so-called ..."

4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"They drove them in confusion, killing and wounding many with the sabre, and captured twenty prisoners, including three (3) commissioned officers. ..."

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